The nephew of Peyton and Eli has turned the waves of disappointment against his name as his controversial decision to not be a part of the upcoming College Football 25 game has been flipped. It will be all smiles in the world of college football today as a ‘Manning’ player will be accessible to the fans to add to their teams.

Arch Manning, the QB for the Texas Longhorns, was scrutinized heavily back in March when he announced his decision to not participate in the highly anticipated video game. Over 11,000 college football players were taking part in the new game and yet, the name of Arch Manning stuck out of the crowd like a prickly thorn. As per a reporter, he didn’t want to be in the game because “Arch is focused on playing football on the field.” Now, the public opinion will largely shift in his favor since he has withdrawn his initial decision but not before he’s subjected to a lot of jokes by the fans.

Arch Manning overturns his decision to not be in College Football 25

On 9th July, ‘Dov Kleiman’ took to X to announce Arch Manning’s out-of-the-blue decision to be a part of the EA College Football 25, months after being subjected to public backlash over his absence initially. Though most of the fans will be happy that a player with the last name, ‘Manning’ will be a part of the game, they are still giving Arch a hard time as he faces intense mockery.

A user named Harold commented under the post saying, “Bronny James syndrome” which is implying that Arch is also facing the pressure of carrying on the last name legacy, which is exactly what happened with Bronny when he got drafted by the LA Lakers recently. Moreover, with Arch finally changing his mind, there aren’t a lot more complaints about the game anymore and continues to be looked on with great anticipation as the game is set to release in 10 days. Moreover, here are more comical fan reactions that caught our eyes, compiled below.

The fans make Arch Manning the scapegoat of further jest

Arch Manning is like Shedeur Sanders or Bronny James when it comes to proving he’s a great player. The weight of the family name ends up being heavy on players whose fathers have been veterans of the game and thus, controversial decisions like pulling out of a fan-favorite video game will just make that road to glory all the more difficult since the fans will let loose their spite, which in turn, can impact his game in real life. This is exactly what’s happening with Arch at the moment since the social media world is in a frenzy over his flip.

This user named, ‘@Justrams273049’ accused Arch of hopping on the hype train rather than actually being interested in playing the game. His comment read, “He want in after he seen all the hype .😂😂 he f****** clown”

Next, Gabey called Arch out for being a hypocrite to his initial decision and said, “the switch up is crazy”

There’s been a lot of debate about whether this game will be better than the Madden games, and now that the gameplay has proved that it is miles ahead of the previous games, it is being implied that Arch only wanted to come back in because College Football 25 is actually a decent game. ‘@LarrySznn’ wrote, “Bro changed his mind after seeing it was an actual good game unlike madden”

This user named, ‘lilfolks’ emphasized Arch’s earlier statement where he said that he wanted to focus on his game and commented, “So now he does not wanna focus on football I’m confused”

Lastly, this person named ‘Tony’ didn’t hold back on his anger with Arch’s supposed hypocrisy and spitefully wrote, “I thought he was too busy to accept 600$ and get a face scan. Corn ball.”

Thus, this episode might be a stain on Arch’s legacy, seeing as how harshly the fans have reacted to the entire situation. But if he goes on to prove that he’s a machine on the green, he just could bring it all back and continue to go on and be the ‘Manning’ everyone expects him to be.